Device and method for treating liquid
AssigneeMillisecond Technologies Corp.
InventorsDmitry Dolgopolov, Phillip R. Frechette, Nikolay Arofikin
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Abstract
Methods and devices use one or more of pressure, pressure drop, increased temperature, rate of temperature increase, and inert gas to kill microbes. Utilizing a method or device, liquid is subjected to a pressure drop and heated either during and/or after the pressure drop. The liquid may be heated while in droplet phase, in a liquid volume, or both. Inert gas may be dissolved into the liquid at a pressure greater than 1 Bar. The pressure is later reduced, which causes inert gas to be released from the liquid. Other method steps and processes are also disclosed.
Claims26
A method for treating a liquid, the method comprising:
- (a) diffusing a liquid into droplets in an inner cavity of a reactor;
- (b) subjecting the liquid to a pressure drop of five Bars or more;
- (c) increasing the temperature of the droplets by at least 2.8° C. in a first heating step;
- (d) collecting the droplets to create a volume of liquid in a reservoir in the inner cavity, wherein the droplets are not mixed with steam;
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- (e) increasing the temperature of the volume of liquid by at least 2.8° C. in a second heating step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.